onathan Evison, author of the New York Times bestseller West
of Here, has crafted a story that is as grounded in the
stark reality of its characters’ struggles as it is filled
with the kind of hopeful joy that enables them to make it
from one day to the next. A novel of the heart, a novel of
unlikely heroes in a grand American landscape, it is, most
of all, a profound look into what it takes to truly care for
one another. Bursting with energy and filled with moments of
absolute beauty, this big-hearted and inspired novel ponders
life’s terrible surprises as well as the heart’s uncanny
capacity to mend.